Graduation Day - receiving my 500 hour certificateI felt so welcomed by everyone in the class on Tuesday. It certainly made my transition home much easier. The two weeks of yoga therapy training were much more intense than I could have ever predicted. Our subject matter consisted of Yoga for Depression and Anxiety, Grief, Pain, [...]
Mother Nature is so fickle and stubborn. She won't give up on her tight hold on winter weather. And now I sit with patience, biding my time until spring erupts in a fury of color, sound and smells. Actually I don't need to sit very long as I am departing on the second part of [...]
FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING EVERYWHERESpring transition means letting go of the old relationship, situation or event and making a new beginning. As spring leaves bud and flowers bloom, you, too, will find new energy to make a new beginning.Give yourself time alone. What do you need now? Think about what you want right now. What is waiting [...]
The ChakrasThe theme of our last class was the Muladhara or root chakra. The poses grounded us to help stabilize our nervous system. I used the elements of this chakra to guide you to a deeper, fuller experience in the restorative pose. It dawned on me later that afternoon, that perhaps the chakra system is [...]
Battle RoyalToilet 1 Us 0This won't be a How To advice column because frankly, we don't know how to do anything with our own personal nemesis, the Throne. This has been our home for 7 years and for 7 years we have had constant issues with our half bath toilet, from it constantly running, gaskets [...]
All hail the first crocus of the seasonI had a walkabout around my property and saw evidence that the seasons are changing despite the prediction that snow will fall tomorrow. It gave my heart some hope that we are moving out of the darkness of winter. We need winter to decompress from the flurry of [...]
Restorative Resources OnlineOn a weekly basis I receive these informative emails on various yoga topics. Here is one worth sharing on Restorative Yoga. I've added the link below if you want to receivefuture newsletters (select About Health newsletter). You may also be able topull up this newsletter at the link below to read more. http:talk.about.comRestorative Yoga [...]
Planting the Seeds of Healing and WellbeingOne Restorative Pose at a timeI have a funny story from my very first workshop with my teacher, Jillian Pransky. I will share with you as you have now experienced her very relaxing cd, Relaxmore http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/pransky. I spent an amazing week with Jillian and 35 other beautiful souls about 7 [...]
CHITTA - MONKEY MIND - ANNOYING THOUGHTS - LACK OF FOCUSYoga Sutra 1.2 Yoga is the control (nirodhah, regulation, channeling, mastery, integration, coordination, stilling, quieting, setting aside) of the modifications (gross and subtle thought patterns) of the mind field.yogash chitta vritti nirodhah(read more on www.swamij.com)Recently in class and in this blog, I have been sharing some [...]
1.1 With humility (an open heart and mind) we embrace the sacred study of yoga.The Yoga Sutras - Pulling it all togetherDuring class this week, I shared with you the first sutra of the Yoga Sutras. This first sutra is a wonderful way to begin this month of opening our heart. Many of you asked [...]
